See also

Kate Edwards (1868-1954)

Individual Events and Attributes

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St Margaret 18 04 2017

  • Occupation:

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  • domestic servant5 6

  • Birth:

  • 29 Sep 1868

  • 4 Bond Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1 2 7 8 5 6

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  • daughter of George Edwards (journeyman bricklayer) and Sarah Ann Edwards previously Fell formerly Moyes

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 2)

  • Bond Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

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  • daughter living with her parents George and Sarah, half-brother Samuel Fell, brothers George and Charles, and sister Sarah. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Mar 1874 (age 5)

  • St. Margaret's Church, Bolton Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9 3

  •  

  • daughter of George Edwards (bricklayer) and Sarah of Bond Street, baptised with siblings Charles, Ellen, George and Sarah

     

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 12)

  • Bond Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents George and Sarah, brothers George, Charles, Albert and Walter, and sisters Sarah, Helena and Alice. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 24)

  • Great Bealings, Suffolk, England5

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  • an unmarried general domestic servant living with George and Emily Hunt and family, and three other servants. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 34)

  • Kinnaird Avenue, Bromley, Kent, England6

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  • an unmarried general servant living with Frederick and Florence Whittingham and family. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 42)

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  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 52)

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  • Death:

  • 11 Jun 1954 (age 86)

  • The Hill House Hospital, Tothill Street, Minster, Kent, England4 10

  • Probate:

  • 5 Aug 1954

  • Probate Registry, London, England10

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  • a spinster of Bradstowe Lodge Broadstairs Kent died 11th June 1954 at The Hill House Hospital Minster Kent, probate of effects of £303 6s 6d (~£7,700 in 2017) to Elsie Mary Jones married woman

Individual Note

Death assumed to be correct, needs confirmation though

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1868 quarter:4 volume:4a page:607. Cit. Date: 19 March 2018.

2.

Birth Certificate. own copy, digital image from GRO. Cit. Date: 18 March 2024. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). Ipswich St. Margaret baptisms entry:1710. Cit. Date: 5 December 2021.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Thanet 1954 quarter:2 volume:5b page:755. Cit. Date: 18 March 2024.

5.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1474 folio:74 page:2 schedule:12. Cit. Date: 18 March 2024.

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:681 folio:31 page:2 schedule:24. Cit. Date: 18 March 2024.

7.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1756 folio:55 page:20 schedule:130. Cit. Date: 19 March 2018.

8.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1877 folio:61 page:25 schedule:906. Cit. Date: 5 December 2021.

9.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

10.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1954 page:51. Cit. Date: 18 March 2024.